Petworth has many cool residents, and I’m particularly fond of Dr. David Grinspoon who lives in our neighborhood and is a world-renowned astrobiologist and writer. He’ll be reading and doing a Q&A about his latest book, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto on Wednesday, July 24th at 7pm at Loyalty Books (827 Upshur St NW).

This week's featured property is a renovated condo at 1305 Clifton Street NW in Columbia Heights. Unit 3 in the 119 year old building is available, offering two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and over a thousand square feet. The building was renovated 10 years ago, and offers a ton of great amenities.

If yer down with Fox 5 DC, they're broadcasting live from the Petworth Rec Center on Friday morning, starting at 6am, focusing on Petworth. Here’s a rundown of the morning’s interviews and segments…

Remodeling a home can suck. It can be stressful, unpredictable and is always costly. Enter local renovation heroes remodelmate, a local DC startup that used technology to take some of the stress and cost away from home renovations, and makes the process more transparent.

Plus, they’re offering Petworth News readers a special discount!

I firmly believe that government should promote youth entrepreneurship. The legislation I introduced supports and encourages the entrepreneurial ambition of children across the District and will allow our future tycoons-in-the-making the opportunity to begin their enterprising path to becoming business owners.